Shoe.



W. H. BAIN.

SHOE-,

APPLICATION FILED 050.20. 19:5.

Patented May'7, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

W. H. BAIN.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 20. 1915- k Patented May 7,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ii as an WILLIAM H. BATH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent Patented May hi, this.

Application filed December 20, 1915. Serial No. 67,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Wnlnrkin H. Barn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of l /lis souri, have invented a new and useful llInprovement in Shoes, of which the i'ollowing is a specification.

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tion consists in providing the insole with a shank piece on the under side, secured thereto at the heel or at the ball and heel,

' and attached to the upper and outsole on Fill both sides of the shank. The invention also consists in the shape and arrangement of the insole, shank piece and outsole as new articles of manufacture; and in the process of making shoes hereinafter described.

Further objects of the invention appear in connection with the description of the embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings; and what the invention consists in is more particularly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters designate similar parts in the several views,

Figure 1v is a bottom plan view oi an in sole suitable for use in a shoe embodying one form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of a shoe in' process of construction provided with an insole like that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, showing the shoe upperlasted to the insole prior to pulling the last;

Fig. i is a cross-section on the line d4 in Fig. 3; 1 p

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. a, showing the shoe after the last has been pulled;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the same after tacking on the outsole, showing the insole turned down at the heel ready forsewing on the outsole;

Fig. 'l is a bottom plan view of the same,

showing the outsole sewed on, prior to turn- 1ng down the lip to cover the stitching;

Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the same on the line 8-8 in Fig. 7, with the lip glued down; and

Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of a modified form out insole embodying the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the insole 10 shown in Fig. 1 has a shank piece 11 on its under side extending from the heel to the shank end of the for-apart. The shank piece may be a split portion of the insole;

or it may be a separate piece secured thereto prior to lasting by tacks or other suitable fastemng means at its tore edge; or it may be a separate piece tacked over the insole on the last. The shank piece is shaped to conform to the heel. and shank portion of the insole, but may be somewhat narrower than the insole across its shank portion.

Tn lasting McKay stitched, screw-fastoned, wire-stapled and pegged shoes, the

insole is tacked on the bottom of the last and the upper is pulled over the last andv securely tacked to the insole all the way around the shoe. For this purpose the last has a metal bottom, a ainst which the points of the lasting tac (s are clenched.

In lasting shoes'made according to this invention, a steel lasting plate 12 conforming generally to the shape of the shank piece 11 except that it is somewhat smaller than the shank piece, is arranged between the shank piece and the insole 10, and is tacked to the last 13 with the insole. Holes .14 are left in the middle of the lasting plate 12 and metal bottom 15 oil the last for this purpose. The upper 16 is pulled over the last, and lasting tacks 17 in the shank and heel are driven through the upper 16 and shank piece 11 and clenched against the lasting plate 12 without penetrating the insole. Around the tore-part, the lasting tacks are clenched through the insole as heretofore.

Following the lasting operation, the outsole 18 is tacked on the insole and upper, and the last 13 and lasting plate 12 are removed. The heelend of the insole 10 is turned down, exposing the entire shank piece ll, as shown in Fig. 6. The outsole 18 is stitched or llllt) turned up against the shank piece, and the outsole is attached to the insole around the- The lasting and outsole attaching operations are per ormed in the same manner and with" the same machines as for ordinary Mc- Kay stitched or metallic or peg fastened shoes, except that the insole is not lasted to the upper back of the fore-part, and is not secured to the outsole along the inner edge of the shank. The insole can be channeled on its top side and a lip 21 turned in around the fore-part and on the outside of the shank to receive the stitching or metallic fastenings, and the fastening covered over by the lip to give a neat appearance.

Instead of fastening the fore-part of the shoe as described above, the insole 19 (see Fig. 9) may be channeled to form a lip 20 around the fore-part, and the fore-part of the shoe may be made With a Welt. The shank and heel portion of the shoe can be lasted and fastened as described in connection With Figs. 1 to 8; or the sole attaching means can be fastened in the shank piece 011 both the inside. and outside of the shank, leaving the insole loose. on both sides of the shank, and dispensing With asock lining. The final application of the heel seat nails and heel firmly secures the heel end of the insole to the sole and shank piece, and the sole and heel can be trimmed on the edges and finished in any style desired.

It is evident from the foregoing description that the invention is applicable in various forms to all kinds of shoes, and the'invention is not restricted to any particular construction shown and described above.

I claim the following as my invention:

1. A McKay shoe or the like having an insole and an outsole fastened directly to gether, .a shank piece secured to the insole,

an upper lasted to the shank piece, the up per and shank piece both being secured to cured thereto on both sides at the heel, said shank piece being secured to the upper and outsole, whereby the arch of the shoe is made flexible.

- 4. A shoe havin an insole provided with a shank piece on t e under side loose from the insole along the inner side of the arch and secured thereto at the ball and heel, said shank piece being directly secured to the upper and outsole on both sides of the shank, whereby the arch of the shoe is made flexible.

5. A shoe having an insole and an outsole fastened directly together, said insole comprising a shank piece secured to it at the fore end of the shank, and an upper lasted to the shank piece on both sides, said upper and shank piece being free from the insole along the inner side of the shank.

6. A shoe having an insole provided With a channel on its top side around the forepart and comprisin a shank member on the under side loose rom the insole along the inner side of the arch, an upper lasted to the forepart of said insole and to said shank member, and an outsole secured to said insole aroundthe forepart and to said shank mem her, the outsole securing means to said insole being: concealed in said channel and the securing means to said shank member being covered on the inner side of the shank by said insole.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 14th day of December, 1915. v

WILLIAM H. BAIN. 

